AUSTIN WINTORY – Sword Of The Sea (Original Game Soundtrack) – 2LP – Deluxe Gatefold Black Vinyl [MAR 27]

2LP – Standard Edition black heavyweight vinyl housed in a Deluxe Gatefold Sleeve:

Standard Edition black heavyweight LPs
14 tracks from the GRAMMY Award-nominated atmospheric surfing adventure
Music by the composer for Journey, ABZ and The Pathless
Brand new artwork by Elaine Lee
Deluxe gatefold sleeve

Austin Wintorys third collaboration with Giant Squid and creative director Matt Nava, Sword of the Sea, sees its soundtrack surfing onto vinyl.

The music has been specially mastered for vinyl and is pressed to heavyweight discs, all housed in a deluxe gatefold sleeve. Illustrator Elaine Lee has created original artwork that flows from the front cover to the back.

Nominated for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media at the 68th GRAMMY Awards, Sword of the Sea is an aesthetic successor to thatgamecompanys Journey and Giant Squids ABZ and The Pathless. The album is a mellifluous musical adventure, resonating immaculately with the games sense of flow and beauty. Piano, synthesisers, strings, wind, and choral elements collaborate with, and cascade over one another, always with a purposeful momentum. Harmonically, pieces carry the listener along a gently undulating path, punctuated by unexpected chord changes jagged little musical surprises that hint at the games deeper mysteries.

Soloists Kristin Field of Reeds Naigus, Tina Guo, Malukah, Paul Cartwright and Tom Strahle elevate the score with soaring performances, while ensembles including London Voices and the Phoenix Boys Choir enrich the texture of the enveloping compositions.

Tracklist:

Disc 1
Side A
From a Drop, a Flame
Korunim
One Drop Remained
The Veiled Sea
Unpredictable and Joyous

Side B
Swimming in the sky
The Lost Grotto
Ghost Warriors

Disc 2
Side A
Shadow Tundra
Dreaming of Vengeance
A City Where None Live

Side B
Sacred River
The Perfect Wave
Sword of the Sea